diff --git a/include/wx/debugrpt.h b/include/wx/debugrpt.h
index aa3787e1c7..0337633e9f 100644
--- a/include/wx/debugrpt.h
+++ b/include/wx/debugrpt.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "wx/defs.h"
 
-#if wxUSE_DEBUGREPORT
+#if wxUSE_DEBUGREPORT && wxUSE_XML
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_XML wxXmlNode;
 
diff --git a/src/generic/dbgrptg.cpp b/src/generic/dbgrptg.cpp
index 52d43bae35..734054bfca 100644
--- a/src/generic/dbgrptg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/dbgrptg.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     #include "wx/textctrl.h"
 #endif // WX_PRECOMP
 
-#if wxUSE_DEBUGREPORT
+#if wxUSE_DEBUGREPORT && wxUSE_XML
 
 #include "wx/debugrpt.h"